A hierarchical Bayesian model to understand how regional climate variables and shifts in observational practices contributed to the U.S. tornado records

Niloufar Nouri, CUNY City College of New York, Department of Civil Engineering, New York, NY, United States, Naresh Devineni, CUNY City College, Department of Civil Engineering, New York, NY, United States, Valerie Were, City University of New York Remote Sensing Earth Systems Institute, New York, NY, United States and Reza Khanbilvardi, CUNY-NOAA CREST, New York, NY, United States